A Nigerian man residing in New Addington, who pretended to be 10 years younger online to groom and then secretly film sexual activity with young girls, has been jailed.
Olubunmi Abolumo, of Central Parade, opened and ran a social media account where he pretended to be 19, when he is actually 29, to befriend young girls, all under 16.
After grooming them, unemployed Abolumo would invite them to his home where he took part in sexual activity, secretly recording them on a webcam on his laptop. Police said that at the time, the victims were not aware he had been recording them.
Detective Superintendent John Macdonald, of the Met’s Sexual Offences, Exploitation and Child Abuse Command, described Abolumo as a “very dangerous” offender.
He said: “The victims in this case bravely appeared in court to recount what had happened to them and they had to watch the footage Abolumo had recorded which must have been a terribly harrowing experience for them.”
After police became aware of Abolumo, he was arrested on August 21, 2016 and charged the next day. On February 17, 2017, Abolumo pleaded guilty to 25 counts of making indecent images of a child, relating to five separate victims, and one count of voyeurism against a 15-year-old girl.
Last month, he was found guilty of two counts of sexual activity with a child, though cleared of two counts of rape against two victims. On Friday, July 14, he was locked up for 13 years by Judge Nicholas Ainley.